LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 7 March 1946, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

• Personal ,Ni Mx'b. v/. Vaughan an old identity of Otaki is sefriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. W. Morton left to-day for the north on hoiiday. The' death occurred on Tuesday of Herbert Parks Ames, son of Mr. and Mrs; H. Ames, of Paekakariki. The deceased was in nis 2znd year. The Otaki Volunteer Fire Brigade' will be represencea at the conrer,c;nce at Gisborne by Brigadesmen Cahill, Harvey and Nilsson. t The engagement is announced of Noeiine Una, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. "Weggexy, "waimea," Waikanae, to! Cliiiord, youngesc son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hicxs, East Tamaki. The death occurred at the Wellington Hospital 011 Wednesday oi Thomas Earle Plaut, husband of iVtary Eleanor Piatt, of Paraparaumu Beach, and lather of Mrs. Dorothy Rugg, and of the late Rev. George Morlon ira ti;, Wmukink Vicarage, Leeds, England. Family Benefits The Post Office notifies that family benefits will be paid 011 M'onday, 11th inst. . Snow on Ranges Snow feii 011 the higher peaks of the Tararua Ranges on Monday and yesterday. imported Cigarettes Tne aaoe ux uucy on Americancigarbttes miportea into New Ataiand is 45/6 per thousand, pius surtax oi one-twentiem of tne auuy. Pheasants Doing Well Pneasants liueraued in this district some time ago axe reportea 00 oe domg wen. Another sevenuy wiu shortry oe liberacea. Otaki's Rainfall Otaki's raxniall for February totaiiea 1.28 mones. Raxn lexx 011 aays, witn tne highie^t iaxi ot incnes on Feoruary ri. An earuiiquane shock was expenenueu au o.l5 p.m. on Februaiy is, oeinb xrom north to soutn. There wexx. nmeteen days of caxrn weauier at 9 a.m., and nineteen days 'wionouu cloud. Ihe rnonni was very lavourable.